BSC AQUASTARS COACHES AND SUPPORT TEAM

Head Coach - Lenka Tanner

Lenka is a Swim England Level 2 certified synchronised swimming coach, L3 Synchro Judge and L2 Aquatics Teacher. She has been involved with synchronised swimming for 20+ years starting out at Iuventa Synchro in her native country of Slovakia. She then moved to the US where she grew up and swam Nationally for several clubs including the Town of Tonawanda Aquettes, Northern Virginia Nereids and Potomac Valley Pearls. She moved to London in 2007 where she joined Seymour Synchro as both a coach and Masters synchro swimmer. She now lives in Nottingham with her husband and son and is very excited to continue to grow the AquaStars and promote the sport.In 2015 and 2016, Lenka starred in a TV advert for Kuoni Travel UK's "Find Your Amazing" campaign. Check it out HERE!She also starred in ROMANS music video for the song "Uh Huh". Check it out HERE!

Coach - Sally Poon

Sally is a Level 2 certified synchronised swimming coach. She is mum to AquaStars Gen and Maddie and she got into synchro coaching after initially just helping out poolside. Sally really enjoys working with the AquaStars, be it grades, figures or routine work. Since starting, she has also qualified as a Level 2 Aquatics Teacher and Level 2 Judge. Having worked with Nottingham City Council as a Swimming Teacher, Sally is now a "Community Activator". Still with the Council, Sally is working with a variety of stakeholders & partners, including Sport England, to activate people with a disability and/or limiting illness into a variety of sports.

Coach - Hazel Treadway

Hazel is a Level 1 certified synchronised swimming coach who has been working with the Aquastars since 2015. She began as a parent, bringing her daughter to the club. This role gradually evolved from helping out with the music on poolside, to enthusiastically coaching the 12Unders in 2016 and 2017 and the 15Unders in 2018.

Coach - Neil Elliott

Neil is the father of AquaStar Lizzy. By day he is a primary school teacher so is fairly used to working with children under 12. Neil enjoys swimming a great deal and can regularly been found ploughing up and down the lanes of Bramcote pool. He began helping on poolside after it was discovered that he has taught swimming in his primary school work. He is now a Level 1 certified coach and tries hard to help the members of the club develop their skills and routines.

Coach - Margaret Heathfield

Mags is mum to AquaStar Evie and Starlet Lilian. She is a Level 2 certified swimming coach as well as Level 2 Aquatics Teacher. In late 2017 she started working with our novice Starlets squad and added our Intro to Synchro classes in 2018. Mags is also lead coach for the Bramcote SC Academy - the novice section of the swimming club.

Assist. Coach - Ross Large

Ross is the brother of AquaStar Orla and has come on poolside to help share his knowledge of swimming. He is a competitive speed swimmer and was a member of the Notts County Swim squad (Nova Centurion) swimming 23hrs per week. His swimming career includes medals at county and regional level. In 2017 he also paired up with his sister Orla and competed at the National Age Groups Championships in the 15-18 Mixed Duet category and won Gold!